New updates to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard in effect
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 22, 2024
Updates to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) went into effect last month, with a compliance deadline set for 2026.
Residents layer lots of lasagna for hungry neighbors
By
Foster Stubbs
Aug 21, 2024
Amy Hewes saw an opportunity for her residents to fight hunger in the Lake Ridge area through a collaboration with Lasagna Love after learning about it on Facebook. Read more and learn how to submit your...
Nasal sprays, behavioral intervention aid in treatment of respiratory illness
Jul 30, 2024
The use of a gel-based spray or saline spray reduced the duration of illness, whereas all interventions cut antibiotic use.
Even low-risk alcohol consumption ups mortality risk in older adults
Aug 21, 2024
High-risk drinking was tied to higher all-cause, cancer and cardiovascular mortality.
Workforce shortages in the healthcare industry are nothing new. But even with creative incentives and initiatives, continuing care retirement / life plan communities continue to struggle to recruit and...
Once-daily TAS-303 superior to placebo for stress urinary incontinence
Jul 30, 2024
TAS-303 had superior efficacy to placebo at week 12 and was associated with only mild or moderate adverse events.
Attorneys general file friend of court brief in overtime rule lawsuit
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 15, 2024
Fourteen state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in Texas, joining opposition to a Department of Labor final rule meant to expand overtime eligibility to many long-term care employees and others...
More than half of older adults very concerned about medical costs
Aug 20, 2024
Significant differences were seen by gender and political ideology.
Substantial disparities seen in cancer cases, deaths among men
Aug 12, 2024
Cancer deaths are projected to almost double by 2050, with more than two-fold increase for older men and low- and medium Human Development Index countries.
Educational, medical debt high among nursing home, home health workers: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 29, 2024
Healthcare workers may carry higher educational and medical debt than workers in other professions, and nursing home and home health workers are among those with the highest debt, according to a study...